Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi Mesir Disumpah Gantikan Moursi
Egypt has Sworn its New Leader
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
MESIR telah melantik pemimpin baru - sementara pasukan militer negara terus menangkapi ratusan pendukung Presiden terguling Mohammed Morsi.
Hakim Agung Adly Mahmud Mansour - diambil sumpahnya beberapa jam setelah kudeta militer Rabu malam - memuji langkah militer dan rakyat Mesir, yang mengatakan protes rakyat sebagai wujud dari "hati nurani bangsa, ambisi dan harapan."
Morsi dilaporkan ditangkap dan dibawa ke Kementerian Pertahanan. "Tim presiden seluruhnya" telah ditahan, kata seorang juru bicara Ikhwanul Muslimin.
Dan surat perintah penangkapan telah dikeluarkan untuk 300 pemimpin dan anggota partai Islam Morsi, menurut laporan setempat.
Pergolakan itu muncul setelah aksi demo berhari-hari terhadap pemimpin Mesir pertama yang terpilih secara demokratis, yang mengatakan tentara telah "gagal memenuhi tuntutan rakyat".
Dalam siaran tivi langsung di televisi pemerintah hari ini, Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi Mesir, Mansour mengatakan era "penguasa yang tidak becus" harus berakhir.
Dia memuji aksi ´parlemen jalanan´ besar-besaran yang menyebabkan penggulingan Morsi dan memuji keteguhan kaum muda di balik protes yang dimulai pada 30 Juni lalu, seperti dilansir The Sun.
Mansour mengatakan: "Tindakan mulia berawal pada 30 Juni merupakan ketika semura orang berkumpul tanpa diskriminasi atau perbedaan.
"Saya menyampaikan salam saya kepada kaum revolusioner Mesir."
Morsi yang terguling - yang berkuasa tahun lalu - menulis di Facebook hanya beberapa menit setelah pasukan militer mengambil alih kekuasaan dengan mencelanya sebagai "kudeta militer."
Dalam pernyataannya, ia mengatakan ia "menolak keras" penggulingan kekuasaan oleh tentara, yang telah menangguhkan konstitusi negara dan menyerukan pemilihan umum dini.
Dia juga meminta warga Mesir - baik warga sipil dan militer - untuk "mematuhi konstitusi dan hukum dan tidak menanggapi kudeta ini".
Tidak jelas apakah Morsi memiliki akses ke halaman Facebook-nya sendiri atau tulisan itu diposting oleh asistennya, seperti dilansir The Sun.
Ratusan ribu orang turun ke jalan bergembira setelah unjuk rasa selama sepekan yang menewaskan 50 orang.
Sinar laser hijau menggantikan senjata di Kairo, mengirimkan berkas cahaya ke langit di pusat Tahrir Square, yang dikemas dengan bersorak pengunjuk rasa.
Para pengunjuk rasa menuduh Morsi dan Ikhwanul Muslimin mengejar agenda Islamis dan gagal untuk mengatasi masalah ekonomi Mesir.
Di tempat lain di kota, pendukung Islamis Morsi bereaksi marah, berteriak: "Tidak untuk kekuasaan militer."
Lainnya meneriakkan: "Islam datang! Kami tidak akan takut! "
Lawan dan pendukung Morsi juga bentrok di kota Alexandria, setidaknya satu orang tewas dan 50 terluka ketika tembakan pecah. Empat pendukung Morsi juga tewas dalam pertempuran dengan pasukan keamanan di kota Mersa Matruh 100 km sebelah barat Kairo.
Ulama Muslim dan Kristen Mesir mendukung roadmap yang disponsori militer, yang menggantikan Presiden Morsi dari Ikhwanul Muslimin dengan hakim agung Mahkamah Agung Konstitusi, dan menunjuk pemerintahan sementara dari kalangan teknokrat.
Kepala Gereja Koptik, Paus Tawadros II mengatakan rencana menawarkan visi politik, akan menjamin keamanan bagi semua orang Mesir.
Pemimpin oposisi Liberal Mohamed ElBaradei juga melemparkan berat badannya di balik itu, menyatakan musim semi revolusi Arab tahun 2011 telah diluncurkan.
Kepala Angkatan Darat menepis kekhawatiran kediktatoran militer, dengan meyakinkan AS bahwa mereka tidak tertarik berkuasa di Mesir.
Mereka berjanji segera menempatkan pemerintah sipil dan akan mengambil langkah-langkah untuk menjamin keamanan misi diplomatik di Mesir, kata para pejabat AS. Tapi Washington mengumumkan semalam bahwa diplomat non-esensial dan keluarga kedutaan akan meninggalkan Mesir di tengah kerusuhan.
EGYPT has sworn in its new leader – as the country’s security forces continue to round up hundreds of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Top judge Adly Mahmud Mansour – who took the oath hours after last night´s military coup – praised the armed forces and Egyptian people, saying the protests embodied “the nation’s conscience, its ambitions and hopes.”
Morsi was reportedly arrested and taken to the defence ministry. His "entire presidential team" has been detained, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman said.
And arrest warrants have been issued for 300 leaders and members of Morsi’s Islamist party, according to local reports.
The upheaval comes after days of mass rallies against Egypt´s first democratically-elected leader, who the army say had "failed to meet the demands of the people".
In a ceremony broadcast live on state TV today, Mansour – the chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court – said the era of "worship of the ruler" should end.
He praised the massive street demonstrations that led to Morsi’s ouster and hailed the youth behind the protests that began on June 30,
Mansour said: “The most glorious thing about June 30 is that it brought together everyone without discrimination or division.
“I offer my greetings to the revolutionary people of Egypt.”
Deposed Morsi — who came to power a year ago — took to FACEBOOK just minutes after the army booted him from power to denounce the dramatic developments as “a full military coup”.
In his statement, he said he “totally rejected” his overthrowing by the army, which has suspended the country’s constitution and called for early elections.
He also asked Egyptian citizens — both civilians and military — to “abide by the constitution and the law and not to respond to this coup”.
It was unclear if Morsi had access to his own Facebook page or if it was posted by an aide.
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in jubilation following a week of deadly protests in which 50 died.
Green lasers replaced guns in Cairo, sending beams of light into the sky from central Tahrir Square, which was packed with cheering protesters.
Protesters had accused Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood of pursuing an Islamist agenda and of failing to tackle Egypt´s economic problems.
Elsewhere in the city, Islamist supporters of Morsi reacted angrily, shouting: “No to military rule.”
Others chanted: “Islam is coming! We will not leave!”
Opponents and supporters of Morsi also clashed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, where at least one person was killed and 50 injured as gunfire broke out. Four Morsi supporters also died in fighting with security forces in the town of Mersa Matruh 100 miles west.
Egypt’s Muslim and Christian clerics backed the army-sponsored roadmap, which replaces President Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood with the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, and appoints a temporary government of technocrats.
Coptic Church head Pope Tawadros II said the plan offered a political vision and would ensure security for all Egyptians.
Liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei also threw his weight behind it, declaring the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 had been relaunched.
Army chiefs played down fears of a prolonged military dictatorship, assuring the US that they were not interested in long-term rule, said sources.
They have pledged to put a civilian government in place quickly and said they will take steps to ensure the safety of diplomatic missions in Egypt, US officials said. But Washington announced last night that non-essential diplomats and embassy families would leave Egypt amid the unrest.
